QUOTE | "More and more the fact that independent games are interesting to a broader public is becoming apparent to the larger publishers."—IndieCade founder Stephanie Barish, on the event that's drawing over 5,000 people.

QUOTE | "It's a very bumpy road to get from completely relying on someone to else to give us money to we're going to do it ourselves."—Double Fine lead programmer Oliver Franzke, on the "Dark Ages" of Double Fine.

QUOTE | "Ultimately, without that must-buy product driving us all towards this stuff, I expect that the industry at large will watch curiously, but remain largely unaffected."—Gearbox head Randy Pitchford, on Valve's announcement of SteamOS and Steam machines.